'We wrap services around women': Brazil's innovative domestic violence centre

With violence against women endemic in the country, new initiatives are desperately needed but slow to arrive Lucas da Silva* sits in a cell while he waits to hear from the court what will happen to him. The 33-year-old is not in a prison, but at Casa da Mulher Brasileira (“house of the Brazilian woman”), a centre for survivors of violence in Campo Grande, central Brazil, that is open 24/7. Continue reading...
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